The Renault F1 team announced on Wednesday that team boss Flavio Briatore and its executive director of engineering, Pat Symonds, have left the team. The team furthermore announced in a statement that it will not dispute the recent allegations made by the FIA concerning the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix.

Renault team issued the following press release:
The ING Renault F1 Team will not dispute the recent allegations made by the FIA concerning the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix.
Before attending the hearing before the FIA World Motor Sport Council in Paris on 21 September 2009, the team will not make any further comment.

Pat Symonds: "Okay. Just try and get that pit board a bit further out, wave it or do something like that.

Engineer: "Okay, we cannot see anything wrong on the alternator for Fernando's car; the issue the only point we can see is he's been low on the rev at some points or maybe we could have triggered something very lightly but, that's all.

Nelson Piquet Jnr: "It's better to count through the laps because I cannot see Gabria."

Engineer: "It's better Gabriel on the last lap I guess we should leave him."

Pat Symonds: "And then see how quickly we can catch up on Nakajima. Nakajima's doing 50.3."

Engineer: "No, he's going to be much quicker this lap."

Engineer: "1.3 up at the moment."

Engineer: "And these tyres are s***."

Pat Symonds: "We need to... I need a bit of help here cos we haven't got any strategy system."

Engineer: "I just think, I can't believe we can't lap at Nakajima's pace; I'm just worried these tyres are useless and we should get on the other ones.

Pat Symonds: "Yeah, exactly..."

Engineer: "We 9/10ths up at the moment."

Flavio Briatore: "Just wait one second guys."

Engineer: "We've got a much better first sector to come on here."

Flavio Briatore: "Maybe, you know, maybe we need to quicken up now."

Engineer: "Yeah, we gone quicker now than Nakajima."

Pat Symonds: [Engineer], we're gonna go two."

Engineer: "Okay."

Pat Symonds: "Um, what was our target without this now?"

Engineer: "Um, 40 was the sort of optimum, and then 40 up to 46 if he wanted to cover..."

Pat Symonds: "I think we'll stay at around the 40 mark."

Engineer: "Predicted what 47.6 for this lap."

Pat Symonds: 47 - 6."

Engineer: "Yeah."

Pat Symonds: "So point 8, point 8 quicker than Nakajima's last one yeah?"

Engineer: "47 - 1 predicted now. We're two seconds up at the moment on that lap."

Engineer: "We've gone below one and a half seconds quicker than him."

Pat Symonds: One and a half... so we're going to catch him in about three laps. Yeah?"

Engineer: "Yep."

Pat Symonds: "Right, I'm going to - I think we're going to stop him just before we catch him and get him out of it, the reason being we've still got this worry on the on the fuel pump, it's only a couple of laps short, we're going to be stopping him early and we're going to go to lap 40.

Engineer: "Yeah I think so."

Pat Symonds: "4 - 0. Lap 40."

Engineer: "How's the balance, Fernando how's the balance?"

Pat Symonds: "Um, acknowledge please Freddie."

Fernando Alonso: "Very poor grip."

Engineer: "Can you repeat that please?"

Engineer: "Okay let's stay as we are, it will be tyres yeah?"

Pat Symonds: "That confirms it."

Flavio Briatore: "'Cause no way we're overtaking Nakajima with these tyre."

Pat Symonds: "Exactly, exactly and I don't want to waste one second behind him."

Engineer: "What lap you're claiming Pat?"

Pat Symonds: "Um lap... we're coming in in a couple of laps something like that and then I want you to get to lap 40 please - four zero.

Engineer: "Okay lap 40... which fuel system-wise I think we can... we can go easily to lap 12 without any problem."

Pat Symonds: "Okay, I think I'm going to stop him the end of 12, that looks like it's all going to work out."

Fernando Alonso: "Maybe over steering."

Engineer: "I'm quite aggressive on rear pressures Pat so..."

Engineer: "Alright don't do anything it's gonna be a different story on the other tyre I would imagine."

Pat Symonds: "Yeah exactly."

Engineer: "Scupper our rear isn't it so."

Pat Symonds: "Yeah that wasn't a great centre. Right, we're gonna stop at the end of lap 12 guys; we're going to lap 40."

Engineer: "63 kilogrammes for Fernando - 6 - 3. Okay?"

Engineer: "Okay, 63 it is."

Engineer: "Okay so pit stop light is... sorry that was too early."

Engineer: "Lights on now."

Engineer: "Okay light is on."

Pat Symonds" "Yeah with a good lap we're going to be within a second and a half of him which is right."

Engineer: "Pat do you still not think that this is a bit early? We only did 6/10ths that lap."

Pat Symonds: "No, no it's going to be alright."

Engineer: "Okay, okay. Understood."

Flavio Briatore: "[inaudible]... behind Nakajima now."

Pat Symonds: "I'm having to hand calculate because we haven't got."

Engineer: "Okay. Just we were 3.1 that last lap."

Pat Symonds: "Yeah, I mean we might be able to get one more lap but I'm not gonna risk missing anything."

Engineer: "Okay Pat, understood understood."

Engineer: "[Engineer] so its multi-map 2 and the clutch trim stays where it is in 7."

Engineer: "He'll know from that we changed the two stops won't he we don't need to explain that to him?"

Engineer: "Yep"

Pat Symonds: Look, [Engineer]."

Engineer: "61.5 kilos, 61.5."

Engineer: "Okay 61.5."

Engineer: "Driving sector 3."

Pat Symonds: [Engineer]I want you to concentrate on getting this f***ing strategy system working. Um, [Engineer] if you can start working out next stops on the times we're getting, we'll just have to do it manually.

Renault is trying to minimize and distant themselves with full honesty and disclosure upon knowledge, something McLaren didn't do that got them in trouble earlier with Hamilton's audio transmissions to the team. It just keeps getting better. Lotus is back on grid, and now Sauber may be too. What's next? Stay tuned....silly season has only begun...

I doubt it, probably more Massa related and wanting to make the announcement of "their" drivers for next year. It seems now Massa may not know if he gets the nod for a while still, so they're going to have to re-think it. Oh yea, Kimi is still on a hefty retainer for next year likewise...